Innovative Structural Engineer
Location: US, OH, Youngstown
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Oil & Energy
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
Valor Services provides Workforce Solutions that meet the needs of companies across the Private Sector, with a special focus on the Oil &amp; Gas Industry. Valor Services will be involved with you throughout every step of the hiring process and remain in contact with you all the way through the final step of signing of the employment contract with your new employer. Valor Services was founded with the vision of employing the unique skills, experiences, and qualities of America’s finest veterans to provide Private Sector companies with precise and concerted value-added services – and America’s finest Veterans with an optimized career opportunity.We are eager to get the word out to veterans that there are ample opportunities for employment in the private sector and that you are the ideal candidates to fill those positions. Valor Services Your Success is Our Mission. ™ 

Job description:
Are you a structural engineer with a desire to continuously innovate?Are you looking for a company where your work truly makes a difference? Do you enjoy being a part of a fun, tight knit team whose dedicated to a cohesive vision?If so, this may be the role for you?Structural engineering of company products as part of AISC and MBMA manuals.Develop and improve internal structural engineering standards and best practices.Structural design improvement of existing designsManage internal and external (consultant) structural design and engineering.Facilitate structural engineering requirements and improvements of products and document the results to ensure that the proper data is used in EngineeredNoise Control and Product Design Specifications.Work as part of the Research and Development team to conduct research and development on new products and services.B) Key Job Accountabilities and ResponsibilitiesTechnical Product Integrity.Determine ongoing technology strategies for core product line enhancements and excellence.Develop and oversee processes for delivery of customized or modified solutions to customers.Monitor competitive activity (products &amp; services) to determine all product design strengths and gaps.Develop and oversee technical upgrades to core product lines.Develop, continuously improve, and manage internal design processes.Work closely with Engineering Leader to develop and maintain ISO &amp; APEG.Research and DevelopmentFacilitate warranty / R&amp;D opportunities to ensure customer satisfaction. Thoroughly document and communicate the learning and educational opportunities from each R&amp;D project and warranty situation.Integrate warranty and R&amp;D learning into better manufacturing methods.Contribute towards brainstorming with the management team an R&amp;D plan that is integrated with the overall short and long-term strategic business plan.Orchestrate individual R&amp;D programs from budgets, to planning, design, construction, testing and results documentation.Implement the new products and processes into marketing, sales andmanufacturing. Project Budgeting and PlanningDevelop and oversee project plans.Tie work plans to budget deliverables.Work closely with other company components (e.g. sales, manufacturing, PM, design &amp; engineering) to ensure project requirements are met.Customer Service FulfillmentOversee preliminary and detailed design with Sales and Operations (Project Management and Manufacturing).Ensure the processes are in place to be sure each quoted solution is the right fit for a customer’s needs with options and benefits or trade-offs clearly articulated.Work with Sales to obtain customer feedback and direct internal changes in product design, pricing and selling strategies based on that feedback, insofar as design and construction techniques affect product marketability.Contribute towards continuing to develop and maintain the company product and technical catalogue.C) Relationships (External and Internal)All customers – producers, engineering firms, compressor and other equipment manufacturers.All internal employees – sales, manufacturing, project management, installation, accounting.FFA Consultants in Acoustics and Noise Control.Regulators (local, state and federal).Other manufacturers and engineering firms, such as consulting structural or process engineers.D) Business Impact (Revenue, Customers, Scope)Critical to the sustainability of company through:          1) ensuring exact fits for each customer’s needs,          2) continual improvement and competitive advantages of all products and services,          3) ensuring a smooth and timely flow of accurate technical design to ensure orderly workflow of each job through the                  manufacturing side of the business, and          4) development of new products, technologies and services.

Requirements:
TechnicalMicrosoft Office – all main applications Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Project &amp; Visio.Must be very familiar with basic computer systems, file structures and operations.Very familiar with both the energy and acoustic industries, including technologies and business drivers.Specific technical requirements include acoustic design and analysis, basic oil  and gas field processing, fluid flows and pressure implications, metal design, manufacturing and installation techniques.Basic budget management and accounting skills strongly desirable.Non-TechnicalExcellent leadership abilities, including building and developing a highly motivated technical team committed to ongoing product improvement and excellence.Work planning and budgeting skills.Exceptional customer service focus – both telephone and interpersonal mannerisms.Strong service resolution, dispute management and negotiation skills. Ability toexercise discretion.Some flexibility with hours and schedules.Keen attention to detail with demonstrated persistent follow-up.Pro-active and creative in identifying needs, solutions and independently acting on them.Be coachable as well as a coach to the engineering, design and sales teams.Education Engineering Degree and P. E. Status.Registered or eligible for registration with ASME, ASCE, AISC.Metal construction engineering experience and asset.Experience with metal design &amp; manufacturing.

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